Old English Reading 1: Appendix, Texts The Lord's Prayer Source: Wikipedia, Old English, section "The Lord's Prayer" (Early West Saxon). The Old English only; the article's glosses and translation are not repeated here. Licence: Wikipedia text is licensed CC BY-SA. The prayer itself is a medieval text. Note: Spelling uses dotted consonants (ġ, ċ) and long marks, as the article prints them. Old English only. The editors' marks are kept; no gloss or translation. Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum, Sīe þīn nama ġehālgod. Tōbecume þīn rīċe, Ġeweorðe þīn willa, on eorðan swā swā on heofonum. Ūrne dæġhwamlīċan hlāf sele ūs tōdæġ, And forġief ūs ūre gyltas, swā swā wē forġiefaþ ūrum gyltendum. And ne ġelǣd þū ūs on costnunge, ac ālīes ūs of yfele. Sōðlīċe.